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Date: | Thursday 25 May 1961 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed T-33 |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | 51-6836 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Ackerly, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Webb AFB |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Two F-102 and one T-33 collided about 20 miles northwest of Big Springs. Two crashed, one F102 landed safely, badly damaged. The F-102 pilot was seriously injured.
Sources:
Passauer Neue Presse 27 May 1961, p2
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/T-33.html The Victoria Advocat 26 May 1961, p9
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Dec-2015 19:43 |
TB |
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19-Dec-2015 21:26 |
TB |
Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
19-Dec-2015 21:27 |
TB |
Updated [Location] |
30-Apr-2021 19:50 |
harro |
Updated [Registration, Location, Source] |
29-May-2021 20:14 |
TB |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |